June 5, 2018
You may have noticed in more recent times that your POS terminal does not even need to ask your customer if they are using a debit or credit card. Newer terminals make the dipping process even faster and are becoming […]
May 1, 2018
Most days you have no issues with the services that help to keep your business’ doors open. For any merchant that accepts credit cards there is one thing that you need more than anything (besides electricity!) to keep your business […]
March 6, 2018
Not every business is the same. Your business is probably not structured the same as Wal-Mart or Best Buy and chances are your business does not have the same kind of revenue stream. There is one thing that all of […]
January 23, 2018
As a merchant you probably don’t have a huge IT staff much less millions of dollars worth of high powered servers giving you enough computing power to run a small army. You might even be the IT department, with a […]
January 16, 2018
There was a time when cash was the only accepted form of payment. Then the credit card emerged. In more recent years other forms like PayPal have been introduced. One of the more recent is Apple Pay and many businesses […]
February 28, 2017
As a merchant that accepts credit cards meeting PCI security standards is imperative to not only keeping yourself safe but to staying in business. Much of what allows you to meet PCI compliance is done automatically by the system that […]
November 29, 2016
Merchants, are interchange fees on small purchases killing your bottom line? Don’t forget that the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 allows you to set a minimum purchase limit of $10 for all credit card transactions. You’ve probably seen one of these […]
October 25, 2016
As a merchant you are on the front line of the war against identity theft. When processing a transaction, there’s probably one thing that you or your employees are not doing. Are you checking the signature strip on the back? […]
July 19, 2016
As a merchant you are all for saving money. There is a very easy way that you can save some of that hard earned cash and we’re sure that most of you are doing it. But for those of you […]
July 13, 2016
Admit it, you like money. Money is after all what puts a roof over your (and you family’s) head and food on your table. It is also what keeps you as a merchant in business. If you accept credit cards […]
May 3, 2016
Hopefully by now as a merchant you have upgraded to the chip-and-signature EMV POS terminals. If you haven’t give us a call, we can help. You were probably a little unhappy that you had to upgrade your system to what […]
April 9, 2016
If you have watched the news you’ve seen a rash of data breaches lately. This unfortunately is not new but the two big ones that brought this into a national spotlight were Target and Home Depot. Both of those breaches […]